We are deeply grateful for The Queen's contribution to our nation and to the world. We thank God for her long life and her Christian witness, and we pray for the Royal family in their loss and for King Charles III as he takes up his new responsibilities.
In response to the passing of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, charities LICC and Bible Society have released 'Tears and Celebration', a new hymn featuring world-renowned mezzo-soprano Katherine Jenkins, written by Andy Flannagan with Sam Hargreaves.
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Prayer tree of thanksgiving
This is a space for sharing your prayers of thanksgiving for the life of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, for the Royal Family as they grieve for her and for the nation and Commonwealth as we too mourn her.
Heavenly Father,
We thank you for the extraordinary life of your servant, our Queen, Elizabeth II.
Thank you for her love for this nation and for the commonwealth of nations.
Thank you for the reassuring stability that her faithful leadership brought to us all.
At her coronation she vowed to serve us all and uphold the laws of God. Thank you that she kept the faith.
Truly we are a blessed people to have had such a leader for these past seven decades.
And yet we are also an obstinate and disobedient people, for despite her witness and example, we have turned away from you.
So often we have preferred to indulge our individual desires rather than do our duty to love those around us.
So often we have prioritised our own interests rather than keeping our vows.
And so often we have failed to cherish the Scripture that she cherished and have scorned the example of Jesus that she followed.
We have not kept the faith.
Father, forgive us. Help us to turn back to you. Help us to turn back to the Scripture on which she based her life, and to model our lives, as she did, on the One to whom those Scriptures point, Jesus Christ. Have mercy on our nation at this time.
We pray for all the Royal Family, especially our King, Charles III. May they know your comfort as they mourn, and may all of us who mourn know your comfort at this time.
And we pray for our King and our political leaders, in all nations of our United Kingdom, and from all parties. May they lead us back to you, not further away. May they cherish those Scriptures and the example of Jesus Christ that inspired the Queen. May they know your favour and anointing to lead.
We ask this in the name of Jesus.
Amen.
Apart from her personal attachment to it, the Bible was at the heart of her coronation service, which she always regarded as the sacred moment when she was set aside for the service of her country.
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Nation mourns monarch whose life was rooted in the Bible
The nation and Commonwealth mourns a monarch who was ‘a remarkable public servant’, and whose life was rooted in the Bible, said the Chief Executive Officer of Bible Society today.
Alan Eccles CBE, Chairman of Bible Society's Board of Trustees, pays tribute to Her Majesty The Queen.
His Eminence Archbishop Angaelos, Coptic Orthodox Archbishop of London and President of Bible Society, shares his tribute to Queen Elizabeth II
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The Bishop of Dover, Rt Revd Rose Hudson-Wilkin, who served as Chaplain to The Queen speaks about the centrality of the Bible in The Queen's life.
The Bishop of Dover, Rt Revd Rose Hudson-Wilkin, who served as Chaplain to The Queen speaks about how The Queen patterned her life and service on Scripture.
The Bishop of Dover, Rt Revd Rose Hudson-Wilkin, who served as Chaplain to The Queen speaks about The Queen's public faith and witness.
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